Screen-fastener



` H. MCCAFFREY.

EEN FASTENER.

'APPL N FILED JUNE l0, 1920.

1,369,036. Patented 1202221921.

/3 /4 j@ 37? /z @ZJ-H A 'y .1. y Ca ,Unirse STATES HORACE MCCAFFREY, OF DLLAS, TEXAS.

SCREEN-FASTENER.

incense.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application lec June i0, 1920. Serial No. 387,962.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that l, Hormon MoC/Airnnr, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county or' Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and -useful Screendastcner, or" which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to screen structures, and it is the primary object of the invention t provide novel means ttor s curing the wire mesh of the screen to the iframe thereof, to prevent accidental displacement ci the screen irom its supporting frame.

A. Jfurther object of thel invention is to provide means of this character to maintain the wire mesh taut in a manner to eliminate sagging thereof.

A still further object oit the invention is to provide a gaging means forming a part of the securing means for insuring the wire mesh material being held in proper relation with the securing means.

lWith the Ytoregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing Figure l illustrates a ragmental view of a screen constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates the frame oiI the machine formed preferably of wood and to which the wire mesh screen indicated at 6, is secured. y

The securing means forming the subject matter of the'present invention includes the metallic strips indicated generally by the reference character 7, eachV of which includes a body portion and an offset portion 8 forming a part thereof, and which offset portion 8 provides a bead 9, for securing the body in spaced relation to the frame to which the same is attached, to lend resiliency to the securing strips. Y

Stamped from the body portion of the se- Vings in the strip curing means, are the pointed securing spurs l0 arranged in staggered relation with each other and bont downwardly to pass between the mesh of the screen, to which the securing` means is applied, and embed themselves in the material or' the frame, as indicatedby Fig. 3 of the drawing, and since the spurs are disposed substantially throughout the entire lengths of the securing means, it is obvious that the wire mesh material is held against displacement, there being provided securing nails indicated at 11 for fastening the securing means to the frame.

Assoeiatedwith the securing spurslO, are the inwardly extending gaging arms 10', which are also stamped from the material 'forming the sections, and arev designed to engage the edge of the wire mesh material to restrict movement thereof, with relation to the body portion of the securing means.

The securing strips 7 are connected at the ends or corners ot the frame by means of the corner plates 9, which also have oifset portions 8 contacting with the 'lira me, the ends of the corner plates overlapping the adjacent ends of the securing strips, as at 15, whereby the securing strips and corner plates are fastened to the frame of the screen.

The wire mesh material 6 is secured to the central or cross bar 5 of the frame, as by means of the securing strip 12, which is also provided with the depending spurs 13, that extend through the wire mesh material to prevent movement oit' the wire screen with relation to the cross bar 5', the securing strip l2 being secured to the bar 5 by means oi the nails 14, passing through suitable open- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. In combination with the frame and wire mesh material supported thereby, a securing means including metallic strips, each of said metallic strips having integral depending spurs adapted to pass through the wire mesh, gaging arms associated with the spurs to contact with an edge of the wire mesh material, and means for securing the strips to the frame.

2. In combination with the frame and wire mesh material supported thereby, a securing means including metallic strips adapted to be positioned on the wire mesh material, means for securing the metallic strips to the frame, means carried by the strips and passing through the Wire mesh material, for securing the Wire mesh material to the strips, and means formed integral with the strips and contacting With the edges of the Wire mesh material for restricting lateral movement of the wire mesh material with relation to its frame.

3. A securing means for securing Wire mesh material to a frame, said securing 10 means including metallic strips, said strips having spurs punched therefrom, and depending :t'rom one of the side faces thereof, said spurs adapted to pass through the mesh of the Wire mesh material, gagin arms l5 formed integral with the strips and epending therefrom, said gaging arms `adapted to embrace the edges of the Wire mesh material for preventing lateral movement thereof, with relation to the frame, and corner plates secured to the frame, the corner plates hav- 20 ing portions thereof overlapping adjacent ends of the plates. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HORACE MCCAFFREY.

litnesses CHAS. E. SCHINDLER, @ELENA NORTH. 

